Snow-melting device.



. w. GURGEY.

SNOW MELTING DEVICE.

' APPLICATION FILED FEB-16.1917- RENEWED JAN 29. I919.

1,298,200. Patented Mar. 25, 1919.

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w. GURGEY.

SNOW MELTING DEV ICE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. I6, 19]]. RENEWED JAN. 29.1919.

1,298,299. Patented Mar. 25,1919.

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'IQ JULIUS \VACULIK, OF SOUTH Bll'lhLlli-IIIM, PENNSYJJVJLNtilt.

Application filed February 16, 1917, Serial No. L291 To 1/ w/lom it maywow-era.

Be it known that l, ll nayran Gillan-1y, a. subject of the l l-m 'ierorof I'lungarv resident of South Bethlehem eounty o'i Northamp- U'lll, andState of il eimsylvania. have invented certain new and usefuliniproveuiients in E iion ltltdtingg Deriees'. of which the following isa speeitieatioii.

This invention relates to iinprmements in ai' paratus' for removingsnow, and has as its principal object the pret'ision oi means which maybe manually operated in the manner ol a shovel, combined with which areheating devices, whereb the melting oi the snow :UJCOlllPllSllCtl.

This and other like objects are attained by the novel des'gn.eonstruetion and eombh nation of parts hereafter described and ahowu int re arrompanying drawings. form; 1mg a nuitiu'ial part at tlllSspeeitieation. and

Figure 1v is a top plan view of an ill'lDlG- ment made in aet-ordaneewith the invention.

Fig. 2 is a longitudina sertional View through the handle.

Fig. 3 a 'lragmental perspertive View of the heat directing plate.

Fig. 7? h; a tragmental per-epertive View ol the burner.

Fig. 5 is a partial longitudinal sectional view of the implement head.

Fig. 6 is a. partial bottom plan View ol" the same. parts being hrolcenaway to disclose. the ronstruetion.

Fig. 7 is a transverse sectional View taken on line. 7-7 of Fig. 5. and

Fig. 8 is another bottom plan View drawn to a smaller scale.

The implen'ient consists of a. handle 10. which is made from a tubeformed in the shape of a. pair or reversed ronrs, the hollow interiorarting as a reservoir l'or gasoleno or other inllan'umible liquids, thesame helm: supplied thrt'iugh a filling nozzle it near the outer end,the outlet being! rontrolled by a valve 12 and a gri p band 1,3 appliedat the center.

In the extreme, outer end of the handle is a piston lladapted to ope'ate in the cylindrieal part 15 of the handle by means of the extendingstemmed ring, 1.6 which passes through a cap 17 rigidly set at. the endof the tube. 1

Engaged at the opposite end of the handle is a iJJFOSS-SlIiIPO/d fittin320 from the two latr. Specification at Letters Patent.

IING DEVICE.

lie-newe January 555), 1919. Serial lilo. J?'1'I,tl"e".

oral oppositely disposed o; )eniu;5s of which extend an. integral frame:21 while opposite the handle it) is a. feed pipe '2 extending to rheader 22-, 40 a to eondurt pasolene or the to thereto, the header ha; i

ii i 2' ilurahty ol. relzjularly spared burners J d1- 'eet d toward theedge iii) of til iplate or id with the tuber-Vii at its rear edge andmade of role, lively thin metal.

Betwe n the h *ader i225 and th remevahle hardened edge it) of the bladeis a eorru plate having raised portiom Le; bet 'een which are formed.longitudinal depressions 2! the latter being in register with theburners 25 so are to direct the flames and heat direetl toward the edge.It small quru'ititi' ol grasolene. is entered into the start ng (upill). through an opening 12. li'n'med in the blade 97, the starting rupbeing held by loops ill to the pipe :22, eentrally of the l'ilaoe l rlowthe opening; upon the gasolene being: ignited. heat, is transmitted tothe pipe 2:5 raporiziug the asolene in its passage. to the header iii.and also tendim to heal: the blade.

Below the cup 3 l and extending.- from side to r-ide ot the blade 2'? atlxed bottom plate 35. hating an opening St? at its center. the sameheir g normally revered by a plate I having a hinge Elf) engaged withthe plate 37 the opposite end of the rover plate being secured by thehook rah-h t0. the heel; of. whirh engages with the lifl'd plate I Asthe gasoleue rontained in the handle beeomee deereased, the pressure maybe renewed by operating the handle 16 in the manner of a pump supplyiirethe necessary air pressure.

In operation. the implement is used in the manner or an ordinary shovel.and as it is advanced againat a baut; or iuwun'uilation of snow. thelatter is melted rode? i iluenre ot the heat rom the burners an obviousmanner.

Having thus desrribed my invention, what I claim as new. and desire toseem-e by ters Patent. 1x:-

1. in an implement, of the class described, the eomhinzdion with ablade, and a. hanlade 3? which is rigidly one;

dle element. rigidly engaged thelewitl'i of disposed on :aaid blade.ronnertions; between said header and said handle a plurality ei.

burners engaged with said header directed toward theedge of said blade,means on said blade for directing the flames from said burners, andmeans for gasifying the contents of said handle prior to its enteringsaid header.

2. In an implement of the class described, the combination with a rigidplate and a tubular handle engaged therewith, said handle being adaptedto act as a reservoir, of a filling means in said handle, a controlmeans on said handle adjacent to said blade, means for creating pressureWithin said handle, a hollow transverse member fixed on said ijeeaeoo 7blade, a header disposed on said blade, a

plurality 0i burners engaged with said header, connections betweenjsaldheader and said handle, a dish suspended by said connecting means, saiddish being adapted tooontain a quantity of inflammable material,

and a corrugated plate fixed on saidblade contiguous to the edgethereof, said c0rru-- WILLIAM denser.

